Wagon end-gate



(No Model.)

T. G.- NORTHWALL,

WAGON END GATE.

Patented Aug. 18., 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE GUSTOF NORTHWALL, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

WAGON EN D-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,109, dated August18, 1891.

Application filed April 20, 1891. Serial No. 389,655. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

NORTHWALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Omaha, in thecounty of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in End- Gates for Vehicles; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in that class of devicesknown as endgates for vehicles; and it consists in the novelconstruction of the holding or fastening arms, which form also a lockingdevice for the gate, in combination with eye-plates secured to the bodyof a vehicle, all as will be hereinafter fully explained, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claim.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my device, andFig. 2 is a rear view of the same.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the rearportion of a vehicle-body, and B represents the end-gate of the same,all of which are made in the usual manner. To each side of the body A issecured a plate a, the projecting end I) of which is provided with aneye 0 for a purpose presently explained.

0 indicates a rod, oneon each side of the body, and this rod isconstructed with a handle portion (1 and a slotted end 9, in the slot fof which the end g of the plate a has its play. This slot extends fromthe extreme end h of the rod 0 to about the center of the rod, as at 1",and said rod serves the purpose of holding the end-gate in an inclinedposition, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the handle serving as astop for said gate, and when the gate is in a closed position the rods 0O are arranged in a vertical position, as shown in Fig.- 2, and formkeys or fasteners for the gate for holding it closed.

Thus it will be seen from the foregoing description and by reference tothe annexed drawings that I construct a combined holding arm or rod forthe gate when down and a key or fastener for holding it up or closed allof one piece of metal or other suitable material, and it is simple inconstruction, easily and quickly operated, durable, and at the THEODOREGUSTOF NORTHWALL.

Witnesses:

H. J. CoLEsoN, J. P. EDLER.

